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What drives today's development team requirements for change management?

• Project team size, structure and distribution
• Parallel software development
• Application scale and complexity
• Quality and time-to-market demands

Only Continuus offers a Complete Solution

More Than CM & Version Control

• configuration management
  • version control
  • object management
  • work-area management
• build management
• process management for repeatable software release practices
• integrated problem tracking

Continuus Makes a Group a Team

Absence of Change Management Breeds:

• "Integration Nightmare"
• Developers stepping all over each other
• Lack of stable test environments
• Requiring extended "freeze" periods
• Ineffective remote development sites
• Too little or too much staff for project
• Poor coordination and communication

Reduce Conflict & Overcome Obstacles to Teamwork

Continuus Sets The Standard for Change Management

• Continuus/CM
  • 3-tier client/server architecture is scalable to ANY size development team
  • File-resident system leverages O/S
  • Informix server integrates with common corporate technologies
  • Distributed code management supports remote & mobile developers via replication & reconcile schemes

• Continuus/PT
  • Insulated change-request system is separate from Continuus/CM
  • Changed objects can be manipulated as sets
  • Easy GUI allows any developer to make queries and reports
  • Role-based security ensures problems are assigned, fixed and completed

Parallel Software Development

• Parallel Versions
  • Multiple people modifying same files
• Parallel Releases
  • Same files, multiple simultaneous releases
• Variant Releases
  • Same files built multiple ways

In Parallel Development, Continuus Prevents:

• Duplicate code bases
• Long and complicated merge periods
• Overwritten/lost changes
• Reappearing defects
• "Bit rot"
• Non-reproducible Builds

Application Size and Complexity

• Client/Server Development
  • Pairs of coordinated programs with compile-time and run-time dependencies
• Object-Oriented Development
  • Large class hierarchies, reuse needs
• Languages and Environments
  • Multi-lingual applications, embedded systems

In Large-Scale Application Projects, Continuus:

• Coordinates related changes
• Provides tools for change impact analysis
• Reduces build times
• Provides systems for tracking changes
• Ensures traceability

Quality and Time-To-Market Requirements

• ISO-9000
• SEI
• RAD

For Quality & Quick Completion, Continuus Delivers:

• Orderly projects
• Repeatable, defined processes
• Quality metrics
• Reproducible production apps
• Ability to produce patches for deployed apps

Only A Change Management System Delivers a Comprehensive Solution

• Version Control
• Code Management
• Software Configuration Management (SCM)
• Change Management

Version Control Is Insufficient

• Version Control Systems introduce...
  • Revision Control
  • Version Management
  • Access Control

Code Management is an Improvement

• Version Control Systems plus…
  • Tracking the Project Structure
    • Added or removed files
    • Renamed or moved files
    • Directory restructuring
  • Providing Insulated Work Areas
  • Parallel Development Support

Modern SCM Systems Nearly Solve the Problem

• Code Management Systems plus…
  • Integrated Build
  • Transparent Repository Access
  • Rule-based Configuration Definition
  • Distributed Development Teams
  • Manage All Object Types

Our Change Management Suite Completes the Solution

• Modern SCM Systems plus…
  • Process Management
    • Workflow Support
    • Pre-conditions and Triggers
    • Project Roles
  • Change Tracking

Proven Internationally

• TECHNOLOGY
  Apple - StorageTek - Texas Instruments
• TELECOMMUNICATIONS
  Aspect - Bell Atlantic - US West
• COMMERCIAL/FINANCIAL
  Barclays Bank - Imatron - Siemens
• GOVERNMENT/DoD
  Litton - Bofors - Rockwell

Continuus is a Stable, Long-Term Partner

• Fourth-generation product
• Over 100% growth rate
• Full spectrum of technical services
• Funded by premier venture capital firms
  • Norwest Ventures
  • Advanced Technology Ventures
  • Brentwood Associates
  • Accel Partners

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